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Review guidance for inclusion of transgender student‐athletes

Author(s) -

McCarthy Claudine

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

college athletics and the law

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1943-7579

pISSN - 1552-8774

DOI - 10.1002/catl.30532

Subject(s) - transgender , athletes , testosterone (patch) , atlanta , inclusion (mineral) , psychology , transgender people , medicine , family medicine , physical therapy , social psychology , endocrinology , metropolitan area , pathology , psychoanalysis

ATLANTA — When transgender student‐athletes take hormones, their participation in college sports is clearly regulated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. A transgender male undergoing testosterone treatment may no longer compete on a women's team, but may try out for a men's team. A transgender female receiving testosterone‐suppression treatment and/or undergoing surgery can continue to compete on a men's team but can't compete on a women's team unless it's changed to a mixed team. After completing one year of hormone suppression, a transgender female may try out for a women's team.

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